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HRS §490:2A-203

Seals have no legal effect on lease contracts

This section says that putting a seal on a lease contract or an offer to lease does not make it a special sealed document. The special rules for sealed documents do not apply. It is a narrow rule about seals only.

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The statute, as written — Seals inoperative

The affixing of a seal to a record evidencing a lease contract or an offer to enter into a lease contract does not render the record a sealed instrument and the law with respect to sealed instruments does not apply to the lease contract or offer.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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